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Henne

Henne

See also: henne and henné

German

Noun

Henne f (genitive Henne, plural Hennen)

  1. hen (female chicken)

Usage notes

  • In western and parts of northern Germany, the word Henne is rarely used, except in order to lay special emphasis on the specification of the female. Otherwise, Huhn is the normal choice.

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

henne

henne

See also: Henne and henné

Danish

Adverb

henne

  1. indicates location
    hvorhenne?where?
    derhenneover there
    henne ved bordetover at the table
  2. a point in time
    tre måneder hennethree months gone, three months pregnant

Usage notes

Contrast with hen; where henne indicates location, hen indicates movement. Thus hvor løber han henne means "in what place is he running", whereas hvor løber han hen means "whereto is he running".

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

henne

  1. her; object form of hun (=she)

See also


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnә/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

henne

  1. objective case of ho

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